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Ok ... very like the short flash series before, ep 1 was absolutely ridiculous, weird and idiotic - and to be honest, I enjoyed it.

About 90 seconds after Nyaruko popped up on screen I began scratching my head and wondering "where have I heard this VA use this 'style' of acting before?" ... and then I suddenly remembered Ran from Shugo Chara and began to laugh so hard it began to hurt....

The episode felt like the flash shorts extended over a longer period with a little more story-focus. It was pretty enjoyable, but time felt like it was moving so slow while watching this... Maybe it will feel faster as the characters start appearing and the entire episode wasn't about Asumi talking 24-7 at a very high tension.
Also, compared to the flash, the protagonist seems like a whole lot more... normal. Maybe it's because they don't actually show him stabbing her...

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PURE HATE!!! towards mahiro!! how can he be so mean to nyaruko!!??, anyways im very pleased with this series, and i love nyaruko, its like if kuroko and konata did a fusion, and if the rest of the episodes are as half as fun of this one this is gonna be great.

I've just been doing some minor research about the various Cthulhu mythos name-drops Nyaruko's been doing, and ran across a tidbit concerning Shanta-kun and his quick loss against the nightgaunt.

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A shantak is a huge, scaly, birdlike creature with batlike wings, slimy skin, and two strong talons that lives in the Cold Waste of Earth's Dreamlands. Shantaks are sometimes summoned to serve as steeds. They are hunted by the Elder God Nodens and greatly fear nightgaunts.

All in all, a very poor choice as a beast to fight a nightgaunt. As we saw.

She's a Lovecraftian monster. The fact that you can't see the tentacles means they must be someplace ... hmm ... now that I consider it, that might be kinda fun. Mahiro!! You moron!

Nah, you do not mate with an eldritch abomination. I'm pretty sure it's never turned out well. Besides, Mahiro's probably going to have a hard enough time keeping Kuuko from lighting him on fire next episode. If the flamey one thinks Mahiro's been involved with her girl, things might get ugly.

loved it.
Lovecaft as a japanesee widgit series. its all clear now everything fits.

The bento that man was not ment to know took me for a bit of a shock for

Spoiler for horrors of lunchcraft:

a) looking normal and well made IE not being a Lovecaftion horror (sort of) and b) being not just edible but good. then it turns out it is(made from) a lovecraftion horror

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This was extremely wacky and Nyarlko pretty much can carry the whole thing by herself, but for variety and extra hijinks more characters will the introduced later. Mahiro is ok but the crawling chaos is the main dish here.

Not a big fan of the OP but the ED is really good. All I can add is that after the two flash short series this was worth the wait.